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Originally Posted by Feanor of the Peredhil
My experience with well-meaning folk is that they aren't of a temperament to let that situation happen.
"To where did those lovely young lasses about whose honor we've been worrying disappear?"
"Oh, you know. They're a bit non compos mentis so we decided to let them wander the wilderness alone."
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Right-- but if they essentially sleepwalk out at night, and head over the mountains (gee, via Rath Dinen? Must check maps) then like Mellondu's initial departure, they'll be missed and AWOL.
(Mellondu was suspected of drinking too much and playing hookey, leaving his employer much annoyed.)
That also could be their head-start-- most parties assume that Mellonin would have (like her addled blacksmith brother) gone north to Rohan, so the rescue parties head off in the wrong direction-- except those who have been travelling with her enough to know the dreams so far. After a few frantic searches northward, Ravion, Raefindan, Mellon/Amroth, and Erebemlin decide to turn south. Do they choose the wrong route at first?
Do the women (Bella, Leafa, Mellonin) disappear togeter? Or each separate? Do they travel together, or do they fan out, or do they trace Nimrodel's path a few days apart?
THis is getting fun again.
